La Divaza

La Divaza
Personal information
Born Pedro Luis Joao Figueira Álvarez
June 18, 1998
Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
Nationality Venezuelan
YouTube information
Channel
Years active 2012–present
Genre
Subscribers 7.2 million
(2018)
Total views 468 million
(2018)
Network Broadband TV
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers 2015
1,000,000 subscribers 2017
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 21 May 2018.

Pedro Luis Joao Figueira Álvarez, better known as La Divaza, is a Venezuelan YouTuber. La Divaza is the first Youtuber in Venezuela to reach one million subscribers.[1]

Biography

He was born in the city of Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela, and studied at "Instituto Escuela Maracay" in which graduated in 2015. He began producing videos on YouTube at the end of 2012, where he described the situation in his home country. His character, "La Divaza" caused controversy nationally and internationally for the peculiar personality it presented and the content of his videos. To this day he has become an icon and a phenomenon on social media.[2]

In 2011, Pedro began making videos of the social networking site Habbo, but stopped in 2012 when his channel called La Divaza flourished.[1]

"La Divaza" is Pedro's alter ego. "A diva." It is a varied channel as far as content is concerned, ranging from vlogs, gameplays and reviews to annual awards like the VMAs, EMAs and the Grammys, to more serious topics of social awareness.[3]

his best friend is Jose Gregorio Santos (La Jose) who lives with him in Mexico City. He has made several appearances in his channel when he lived in Venezuela but because of the distance, only contact via social networks.[4][5]. He is currently touring and performing for his millions of fans throughout the world and he has collaborated with many famous Youtubers such as Mariale, Alejo Igoa, Kimberly Loaiza and Juan Pablo Jaramillo. He got six million of subscribers in YouTube.[6]

In December 2017, he released a song as a part of a viral YouTube challenge called "Roast Yourself" (like the challenge itself) that was accompanied by a music video, promoting her alter-ego. On week later, the song was available on iTunes,[7] reaching the top on Mexico and others Latin American countries. The music video got one million likes in 24 hours and more than six millions views on YouTube. As of June 2018, the music video had 70 million views and 2,5 million likes, making it the most successful song ever by a YouTuber. He performed the song live at the 2018 MTV Millennial Awards, where he hosted the show alongside Chilean singer Mon Laferte, in which he won two awards, there are: MIAW Icon of the Year and Rostizado del Año.

References

  1. 1 2 "CelebridadPlus: LA DIVAZA EL YOUTUBERS VENEZOLANO MÁS FAMOSO LLEGO AL MILLÓN EN YOUTUBE". celebridadplus.com.ve.
  2. ↑ Ramos, Dulce Maria (18 December 2016). "Pedro Figueira:". estampas.com.
  3. ↑ "Pedro Figueira, LA DIVAZA: "No es fácil digerir qué es un youtuber" - Revista Venezolana". revistavenezolana.com.
  4. ↑ "La Divaza dio detalles de sus proyectos en La Bomba - Televen". televen.com. 9 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "La Divaza, el influencer venezolano que cautiva a América Latina". expreso.ec.
  6. ↑ "LA DIVAZA". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  7. ↑ Roast Yourself - Single by La Divaza on Apple Music, 2017-12-29, retrieved 2018-01-17


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